Geochemistry and cosmochemistry of potassium stable isotopes

K Wang, W Li, S Li, Z Tian, P Koefoed, XY Zheng - Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Stable potassium isotopes are one of the emerging non-traditional isotope systems enabled
in recent years by the advance of Multi-Collector Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Mass …

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

RS Houk, JJ Thompson - Mass Spectrometry Reviews, 1988 - Wiley Online Library
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a new technique for elemental
and isotopic analysis which combines the remarkable characteristics of the ICP for atomizing …

The chemical composition of carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for volatile element depletion, complementarity and alteration

N Braukmüller, F Wombacher, DC Hezel… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
In Earth and planetary sciences, the chemical composition of chondritic meteorites provides
an essential reference to constrain the composition and differentiation history of planetary …

Early formation of planetary building blocks inferred from Pb isotopic ages of chondrules

J Bollard, JN Connelly, MJ Whitehouse, EA Pringle… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The most abundant components of primitive meteorites (chondrites) are millimeter-sized
glassy spherical chondrules formed by transient melting events in the solar protoplanetary …

The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu reveals a common accretion region for carbonaceous chondrites

F Spitzer, T Kleine, C Burkhardt, T Hopp… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The isotopic compositions of samples returned from Cb-type asteroid Ryugu and Ivuna-type
(CI) chondrites are distinct from other carbonaceous chondrites, which has led to the …

Zinc isotope composition of the Earth and its behaviour during planetary accretion

PA Sossi, O Nebel, HSC O'Neill, F Moynier - Chemical Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The terrestrial planets are depleted in volatile elements with respect to chondritic meteorites,
their possible building blocks. However, the timing, extent and origin of volatile depletion is …

Evaporation of moderately volatile elements from silicate melts: experiments and theory

PA Sossi, S Klemme, HSC O'Neill, J Berndt… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Moderately volatile elements (MVEs) are sensitive tracers of vaporisation in geological and
cosmochemical processes owing to their balanced partitioning between vapour and …

[HTML][HTML] Rubidium isotopic composition of the Earth, meteorites, and the Moon: Evidence for the origin of volatile loss during planetary accretion

EA Pringle, F Moynier - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
Understanding the origin of volatile element variations in the inner Solar System has long
been a goal of cosmochemistry, but many early studies searching for the fingerprint of …

Zinc isotope anomalies in primitive meteorites identify the outer solar system as an important source of Earth's volatile inventory

PS Savage, F Moynier, M Boyet - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
The source of and timing of delivery of the volatile elements to Earth is a question that is
fundamental to understanding how our planet evolved. Here, we show that primitive …

Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth's volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis

M Paquet, F Moynier, T Yokoyama, W Dai, Y Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Initial analyses showed that asteroid Ryugu's composition is close to CI (Ivuna-like)
carbonaceous chondrites (CCs)–the chemically most primitive meteorites, characterized by …